§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the basic maximum and minimum rates of pay for the various Army ranks from private to major general for each of the past five years, expressed (a) in cash terms and (b) in constant 1983 prices.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information requested is given in the following two tables. The figures quoted are the maximum and minimum daily rates of pay for male officers and soldiers. The maximum rates for soldiers include the highest level of lengths of service increment payable to each rank. The rates shown in table 2 have been calculated by using the general index of retail prices.
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Daily rates of basic pay in cash terms (£) Table 1 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Private Maximum 13.86 16.05 17.62 18.60 20.06 Minimum 8.68 10.06 10.89 11.34 12.03 Lance Corporal Maximum 15.32 17.73 19.51 20.60 22.18 Minimum 10.55 12.21 13.29 13.98 14.87 Corporal Maximum 17.02 19.68 21.72 22.97 24.69 Minimum 12.81 14.81 16.23 17.08 18.15 Sergeant Maximum 18.39 21.48 23.83 25.29 27.24 Minimum 14.66 17.08 18.84 19.92 21.27 Staff Sergeant Maximum 20.69 24.28 27.18 28.95 31.32 Minimum 15.43 18.04 20.04 21.23 22.61 Warrant Officer Class 2 Maximum 21.59 25.43 28.60 30.50 33.08 Minimum 16.23 19.04 21.31 22.63 24.17 Warrant Officer Class 1 Maximum 22.58 26.75 30.20 32.24 35.04 Minimum 17.07 20.11 22.66 24.12 25.88 Second Lieutenant Maximum 11.89 14.25 16.30 17.12 17.76
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Minimum 8.74 10.00 11.51 12.05 12.50 Lieutenant Maximum 16.29 19.14 21.86 23.15 25.18 Minimum 14.73 17.30 19.78 20.95 22.78 Captain Maximum 21.31 25.03 28.56 30.49 33.18 Minimum 18.31 21.55 24.60 26.23 28.56 Major Maximum 27.47 32.86 36.97 39.72 43.25 Minimum 23.07 27.42 30.97 33.16 36.13 Lieutenant Colonel Maximum 33.00 39.55 45.45 49.48 53.93 Minimum 29.84 35.79 41.13 44.76 48.81 Colonel Maximum 38.73 46.47 52.93 57.53 62.76 Minimum 35.05 42.03 47.89 52.05 56.80 Brigadier Maximum 41.67 50.00 57.26 62.33 68.31 Minimum Major General Maximum 45.67 56.16 60.10 68.49 75.82 Minimum
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Daily rates of basic pay at 1983 prices (£) Table 2 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Private Maximum 20.14 20.06 19.75 19.47 20.06 Minimum 12.61 12.57 12.21 11.87 12.03 Lance Corporal Maximum 22.26 22.16 21.87 21.57 22.18 Minimum 15.33 15.26 14.90 14.64 14.87 Corporal Maximum 24.73 24.59 24.35 24.05 24.69 Minimum 18.61 18.51 18.19 17.88 18.15 Sergeant Maximum 26.72 26.84 26.71 26.48 27.24 Minimum 21.30 21.34 21.12 20.85 21.27 Staff Sergeant Maximum 30.06 30.34 30.47 30.31 31.32 Minimum 22.42 22.54 22.46 22.23 22.61 Warrant Officer Class 2 Maximum 31.37 31.78 32.06 31.93 33.08 Minimum 23.58 23.79 23.89 23.69 24.17 Warrant Officer Class 1 Maximum 32.81 33.43 33.85 33.75 35.04 Minimum 24.80 25.13 25.40 25.25 25.88 Second Lieutenant Maximum 17.28 17.81 18.27 17.92 17.76 Minimum 12.70 12.50 12.90 12.61 12.50 Lieutenant Maximum 23.67 23.92 24.50 24.24 25.18 Minimum 21.40 21.62 22.17 21.93 22.78 Captain Maximum 30.96 31.28 32.01 31.92 33.18 Minimum 26.60 26.93 27.57 27.46 28.56 Major Maximum 39.91 41.06 41.44 41.58 43.25
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Minimum 33.52 34.26 34.71 34.71 36.13 Lieutenant Colonel Maximum 47.95 49.42 50.94 51.80 53.93 Minimum 43.35 44.72 46.10 46.86 48.81 Colonel Maximum 56.27 58.07 59.33 60.23 62.76 Minimum 50.92 52.52 53.68 54.49 56.80 Brigadier Maximum 60.54 62.48 64.18 65.25 68.31 Minimum Major General Maximum 66.35 70.18 67.36 71.70 75.82 Minimum